JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1
橘

Meaning

Kanji 橘

mandarin orange

mandarin orange

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
たちばな
Onyomi 音読み
キツ
Nanori 名乗り
きっ
Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#2053
Strokes
16
Radical
木
Components
儿 • 冂 • 口 • 木 • 矛
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
璚 • 氄 • 潏 • 獝 • 遹 • 矞 • 劀

Related vocabulary

18 common entries

Showing 18 of 18 entries that include this kanji.

橘

たちばな

tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)

黄皮

きがわ

tachibana peel (oft. minced and used as a spice)

橘月

たちばなづき

fifth lunar month

橘女子大学

たちばなじょしだいがく

Tachibana Women's University

橘神道

たちばなしんとう

Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)

橘鳥

たちばなどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

橘飩

きっとん

mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)

右近の橘

うこんのたちばな

tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace)

花橘

はなたちばな

blooming tachibana

柑橘

かんきつ

citrus

金柑

きんかん

kumquat (Fortunella spp.)

御前橘

ごぜんたちばな

Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

庭に橘の木があります。

There is a tachibana tree in the yard.

橘の花はとてもよい香りがします。

Tachibana flowers have a very pleasant fragrance.

祖母は橘の実でジャムを作りました。

My grandmother made jam from tachibana fruit.

この橘は昔から日本で親しまれてきました。

This tachibana has been familiar and appreciated in Japan since long ago.

橘は冬でも葉を落としません。

The tachibana does not lose its leaves even in winter.